Percent Real World Word Problems

There are 36 quarters in my coin collection. If my coin collection has 45% quarters, how many total coins do I have?

• 75%

• 80 %

• 75 coins

• 80 coins

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Adrien and his family are enjoying a vacation in the wild west. One place they really want to visit is the Grand Canyon. The total distance they will drive is 400 miles. If they have already driven 280 miles, what percent have they driven?

• 68%

• 30%

• 70%

• 43%

The 6th graders at Oberlin Middle School are going to Stars and Strikes. 60% of the 120 students want to go bowling first. How many students want to go bowling first?

• 72 students

• 27 students

• 54 students

• 69 students

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs

• 32 packs

• 40 packs

• 40%

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 42 teachers that work in a school. On Friday, 29 teachers were present. What percent of the teachers showed up for work?

• 50%

• 69%

• 55%

• 80%

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 30 problems.  How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

• 17 problems
• 24 problems
• 20 problems
• 18 problems

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

what is the number of students who participate in the fundraiser if 60% of 160 total students participated?

• About 267 Students

• 16 Students

• 32 Students

• 96 Students

Bonnie took a history test and scored 21 out of 84 correct. What percentage did she get right?

• 25%
• 75%
• 4%
• 21%

The Wolfpack has won 11 games and lost 9 games this season. What percent of its games did the Wolfpack win?

c

e

a

20

2

11

9

x